Retainer Ad-Venture Contest (EU) - Entry Thread

[Evilkitten]

The Tale of Evilkitten

Evilkitten, who was sitting quietly on the beach, was suddenly whistled away to come to her master, Evil. She was asked politely if she could go get her that shiny pastel pink dye she had been dying to get for her new dress.

What Evil didn’t know was how hard Evilkitten tried, even as a fisher, how it was almost impossible to obtain these dyes. Evilkitten, nevertheless, set off because she wanted to keep Evil happy.

So off she went through the torturous land and stormy weathers towards to the distance lands where only Retainers can go. She approach a village where she knew dyes were sold and notice that it sold the pastel pink dye, she felt relived as she knew it would make master happy. Yet there was a problem, a very sad problem, she had forgot to bring along payment for the dye.

She realized, however, that she could get other means of payment and through specialize training of fishing she had received she decided to go fishing. Thankfully she had her special goblin jig with her. The one in which she named ‘gobbie’ as it was her lucky tackle, the one she carried with her everywhere.

To briskly went towards the river but unfortunately it was stormy and she knew it would disturb the fish below. So she sat and she waited for the storm to pass whilst feeling very cold. As she waited, she thought about the huge smile which would be on master’s face when she got that pastel pink dye.

After what felt like years, the storm finally passed and so began the long wait. She must have seen that goblin jig bob up and down a few dozen times only to receive hundreds of mudskippers. Then it happens, the hugest, the strongest tug ever. She stood up, she pulled back hard on the fishing line. She pulled and she pulled, she reeled that line in like it was life or death and finally she got the best fish ever.

She looked at it in glee, knowing it was worth the gil for that pastel pink dye and she skipped so happily back to the village. Then it happened, her heart dropped and she felt the whole world crumble around her. The pastel pink dye, she found hours before and know she went through every to get had been sold. She didn’t know what to do with herself as there was only one thing left in the market to buy.

With a heavy heart she bought it and made her way back to Evil knowing full well she wouldn’t be happy. As she heard her final whistle call on master she made her way to the summoning bell. Then with a sad heart yet with a happy smile she proceed to give Evil her present, it was another olive seed.

Evil stormed off, very unhappy at Evilkitten at another unwanted present.

Evil will never know how sad Evilkitten was that day.

Character Name: Evil Kitten
Server: Cerberus
Item: Ahriman Choker

[Latrissa]

Clammed up

The aetherial chime of the summoning bell pierced the air, rousing Lucelle from her reverie with a panic. She, like other retainers, was required to respond to her Lady's summons at any hour with unfailing haste, and being employed under these conditions for an extended period had cultivated a nervous disposition.

"How may I be of service, my Lady?", she stammered dutifully.

Recently, Lucelle had begun to sense that she was making little progress with her attempts to open her Lady's eyes to the fascinating world of Eorzea's marine life. The rolled-eyes, increasingly thin veneer of smiles, and chuckles of other adventurers attested to the fact that Lucelle's earnest scholarly intentions were going largely unappreciated.

As she was assigned a short open-ended task, termed 'quick exploration', Lucelle mused briefly on the inconvenient terms of her employment that dictated she be paid in a currency only recognized by the Adventurers' Guild, namely ventures. The reason for the existence of these coins would forever remain a mystery to her. She once asked her Lady why she kept her ventures in stacks exactly 99 coins high, a question that was met only with a blank stare. She resolved not to ask again. Lucelle extended her hand expectantly.

She felt a brief surge of panic as her Lady's hand wavered in the air, as if hesitant to part with the coins. Ventures were designed partly as a way for retainers to further and test their abilities, but mostly as a way for Adventurers to enrich themselves; Adventurers were under no obligation to pay for them. Lucelle relaxed slightly as her Lady's hand finally continued forward, and with a forced smile she dropped the coins into the retainers hand.

"Of course, my Lady", she spoke in affirmation, clutching the pair of coins tightly in her palm as she turned to leave.

Anxious to preserve her now seemingly tenuous supply of coins, Lucelle realised she would have to convince her Lady of the value of her endeavours. There was only one solution. She would have to present her Lady with the finest example of Eorzea's aquatic denizens that could be obtained. An hour of fishing yielded the exquisite specimen she knew her Lady would appreciate.

"The venture is complete, my Lady" she declared triumphantly, proudly displaying a large and perfectly-formed Vongola Clam.

Character: Latrissa Saphon
World: Phoenix
Item: Ahriman Choker